Browse Month: July 2010

Weeee!!

The Sokol-Juns invited us for dinner last night and they made a mean bunch of ribs and potato salad.  I brought creamed corn and Tracy made peach pie.  Jack was on hyper-mode and he’s in the stage where he wants to just show off all his toys and tricks.

This kid has 4 different vehicles parked in the livingroom and took each one out to show us his stuff.

After dinner, Jes was playing around on Ryan’s new iPhone4 and got hooked on the Angry Birds game.  The animation and sound effects are hilarious and Jack got a kick out of watching Jes play and saying “Weeee!” just like the birds do when you let go of the slingshot.

After dessert, Jack went back to Jes and asked “Uncle Jesse play more weeee?”  Haha.  Cute.  And so he played and Jack watched with such delight.  It’s still funny to see a kid that is totally unafraid of Jes.  In fact, he would every once in a while tackle Jes and then nuzzle his shoulder.  You can tell in this photo that even Jes is confused by all the spunk.  What a goofball.

Black vs. Lime Green

On Saturday, I went to lululemon to shop for a new gym bag.  I looked at 4 different designs and finally decided on this one called the Classy Classic II Gym Bag.  The next decision was the color and material.  It came down to the black neoprene with black trim or the gray leathery one with lime green trim.  Given away by the photo above, I chose the sassy gray and green one.  I figured that I had enough boring black bags.

Anyhoo, the bag has handles that are big enough to sling over my shoulder but also has a longer strap to cross over.  Inside it’s HUGE with lots of little pockets along the inner lining.  It also has a pocket that’s big enough to fit my laptop if I want to use it as a carry-on.  The bag also comes with a handy-dandy waterproof pouch that’s perfect for my stinky shoes.  The outside has pockets big enough for my water bottle and it’s in the shape of the omega, which is their logo.

Call me silly for blogging about a bag but I don’t get around to buying things like this very often.  Can’t wait to use it this week!

I gave in.

While we were in Hawaii, Jes couldn’t stop talking about how awesome it would be to have an iPad for reading, surfing the internet, and watching movies on vacation.  He went on and on and on and I fought back with “you don’t need it you don’t need it you don’t need it”.  Unfortunately, I’m a sucka for good design and gadgets so I eventually gave in and secretly ordered one for him as soon as we got back.  When I picked him up after a hard day at work, I surprised him with my order confirmation email and it sure did lighten his spirits.

On Tuesday, I got an email notifying me that it was shipped (from China!!) and it arrived via FedEx yesterday.  Wow, that’s fast!

This morning Jes picked up the package from the Association office (they accepted and signed for us) and he broke open the box this evening.  It’s gorgeous and so much fun for surfing and reading.  Jes downloaded the Netflix app and it’s ready for On Demand movie watching.  I went into the app store and downloaded a few books for myself and searched for some free games.

Yes yes…we’re suckers…and now we have another Apple product added to our ever-growing gadget family.

First Day of Gym Class

I’m back from my first class and T-Rex totally got her ass kicked.  I took a supposedly laid back class that involves hanging out on a 6-inch-wide balance beam for an hour but no one told me that I’d have to spend half of the time with 5-pound weights in each hand held at shoulder-level or above!  Didn’t they know that the girl with the wimpiest arms in the world was attending this class?!  And so, I walked a mile home with what felt like the heaviest gym bag ever and a stomach that felt like it was doing backflips.  Yes, the balance beam class made me tired and a little sick.  *sigh*  This is so embarrassing.  I’ve got strong legs but my arms and abs are like jello.  I think this is why I joined the gym.  Yep, this is EXACTLY why I joined a gym.  Luckily I only stumbled off the beam 2 or 3 times and I kept up with the rest of the class.  Hopefully I’ll be able to lift my babies at work tomorrow.

Shoppin’ for a Gym Bag

I’ve been running for years but realized that now that I’m getting older and more prone to injury, I thought it would be a good idea to get a personal trainer to figure out why my back hurts every morning, why I almost bonked on the last Half Marathon, and how to get my t-rex arms stronger.  So, after much debate and shopping around, I joined Crunch and got an OK deal for a month-to-month membership and 10 training sessions.  I’m looking forward to taking some of the classes that friends have been raving about and curious to see what the trainer will put me though.  Hey, maybe in a month I’ll be able to do a real boy push-up and kick butt on the next Half Marathon later this month!

I’m planning to go straight after work so I’m going to need a super cute gym bag to carry all my stuff.  I think I’m going to be stopping at the lululemon shop this weekend!!!

Holiday Weekend

It’s weird to have a national holiday fall on a weekend.  July 4th was on a Sunday this year so it meant it would be a regular 2-day weekend for me.  Since I didn’t request Monday (today) off, we hung out in the city and had a regular weekend with a sprinkling of illegal fireworks.

On Saturday, we slept in and had brunch down the street.  We scored a table outside and tied up the dog to my chair.  He was pretty well-behaved with the occasional growling at dogs walking by.

The rest of the day was spent running errands and Jes made mushroom, swiss, and bacon burgers.  They were tasty.  I almost forgot what beef tasted like.

On Sunday, I woke up a bit earlier to go for a little run and had some oatmeal to offset the fatty burger from the night before.  In the afternoon, Jes and I took the bus to the Fillmore Jazz Festival for a little jazz, street food, and sunshine.  We went two years ago and had a good time.  That was also when and where we discovered Kim Nalley, a jazz singer that has lost of charisma and a great voice.  She performed there again this year and we got off the bus just in time for her performance.

We also picked up some pork buns, duck buns, boba for me, beer for Jes, a Puerto Rican pernil made with pulled pork, tomato, avocado in a soft flat bread.

We walked around some more and stopped for cheaper beer for Jes (at the local liquor store) and I got a cup of frozen yogurt from Fraiche.  Yum.

Later that evening, we made another set of burgers and headed out for some fireworks around Fisherman’s Wharf.  Unfortunately we didn’t give ourselves enough time to get out there for the 9:30 show and ended up walking a long way to see a bunch of illegal fireworks along the way.  Oh well. We’ll have to try again next year.

I went back to work today and managed to cram all 8 treatment sessions together by starting early and working through lunch.  I was done with the kids by 2:30 and out of the hospital by 3:15.  Awesome.

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